Metallic butter-package



(No Model.)

0", HIGGINS & A. J. WEEELEE.

METALLIUBUTTEE PACKAGE;

N0. 389,746. 'fPaten-ted Sept. 18, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER HIGGINS AND ADANIROMJUDSON \VHEELER, OF NAPOLEON, OHIO.

M ETALLIC BUTTER-PAC KAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,746, dated September 18, 1888.

Application filed July 6,1888. Serial No.279.'105. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OLIVER HIGGINS and ADANIROM J UDsoN WHEELER, citizens of the United States, residing at Napoleon, in the county of Henry and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Butter-Packages; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our present invention relates to metallic butter-packages; and it consists of the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of our invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive package especially adapted for use by retail merchants, in which small quantities of butter, lard,-and other substances can be easily and quickly put up for transportation without liability of the same escaping from the package.

"With hese ends in view, our invention contemplates two separate sections or members corresponding to one another substantially in size and shape and placed one upon the other with their edges in contact, to form an inclosed space or chamber, in which the butter, &c., are to be placed. ,Each section or member has one or more notches or recesses formed in its edge, which coincide when the. sections are placed together, to thereby form indentations or notches in the inclined or receding ends and sides of the package, and a binding or tying 'wire or cord ispassed around the package to force the sections thereof tightly together. Tight joints are formed between the meeting edges of the sections, which effectually pre-' vent the escape and waste of the contents of the package, and the tying cord or wire is fitted in the indentations or notches in the vessel to prevent said cord from becoming displaced and releasing the sections.

A number of the sections or members of our improved butter-package can be placed one within the other, and thus compactly stored, and when so packed together the notches or recesses in the end and sides of the members coincide to adapt the binding wire or cord to be fitted therein, thus holding the members or sections securely together in a compact form and preventing the fastening means from becoming detached.

To enable others to understand our inven tion, we will proceed to describe the same in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of our butterpackage, showing the sections thereof properly adjusted and bound together. Fig. 2 is a like View of one of the sections or members of the same, and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View taken longitudinally through the same.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures, A B designate the sections or members of a butter-package embodying our invention. Each section is made substantially like its fellow member in its shape and size, so that one member can be inverted and rest upon the other member to form a space or chamber, 0, between the members, in which a small quantity of butter or other substance can be placed. Each member or section has a flat bottom wall, a, and an inclined or flaring wall, I), made continuous around the bottom and integral therewith. At diametrically-opposite pointsin the free edge of the inclined wall I) of each section are made notches or incisions c c, in which a binding or cord, D, fits when passed around the sections or members, to draw or force the latter tightly together to provide close joints between the same.

After a suitable quantity of butter or other substance has been placed in one of the members or sections of the package, the other member is inverted and placed over the contents of the first-mentioned section, so that the edges of the inclined walls I) of the two members abut together, and the binding cord or wire is then passed around the two members, both longitudinally and transversely, as shown, being fitted in the notches or indentations c c in the sides and ends of the package. The cord is package cannot escape. The inclined wallsb of the two sections or members meet at a sharp angle, as indicated in Fig. 3, and recede in reverse directions from the medial line of the package at both ends and sides of the latter, and the binding cord or wire can thus fit easily and closely within the coincident notches or indentations c c in the edges of the package, so that when it is drawn tightly and secured by tying the ends thereof said cords or wire cannot become detached.

\Ve prefer to make each member or section of our package out of metal and to stamp the same in a single piece from a suitable sheet, the bottom and side wall being formed at one operation, thereby producing the sections or members at a minimum cost.

\Vhen it is desired to pack or ship large quantities of our butter-packages, they can be compactly arranged to take up a very small space by placing them one within the other. The members or sections lie or fit closely to gether, and the notches or rccessesin the ends and sides thereof register or coincide, and a cord or wire is then passed around the same and fitted in said notches, to be held thereby from displacement and to hold the members together.

Having thus fully described our invention,

what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A butter-package consisting of two correspondingly-shaped members or sections having inclined walls provided with notches and placed together to cause the edges of the said walls to meet and the notches to coincide, and a binding cord or wire fitted in said notches, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a member or section for butter-packages struck up from a single piece of sheet metal and having the flaring side wall, I), and notches c 0, formed at diamctrieally-opposite points in the edges of said wall, substantially as described.

3, A series of members of butter-packages, each having the integral bottom and flaring side walls, and the notches in the edges of the side walls placed one within the other with the notches registering, and a fastening cord or wire fitting in the notches, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

OLlVER HIGGINS. ADANIROM JUDSON WHEELER.

\Vitnesses:

J. V. Curr, M. \VEAKLEY. 

